I was hoping to get some advice about dealing with Christian parents during the holiday season. Me and my girlfriend are both Atheist, along with our 13 year old daughter who is Atheist, and my 7…Continue

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"My favorite charities (mentioned in link posted above) are Planned Parenthood,
(which i think would make such an amusing gift, if given to certain people, lol)
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ <---always running on shoe-string…"

"No, those are the phrases I should use. The phrases and the name of the organization have an intertwined history. I did not make them up or choose them randomly. It's hard to explain briefly but in U.S. history we have talked…"

"If you have any relatives who are against separation of church and state, give a donation to Freedom from Religion Foundation (www.ffrf.org) in their name!
Seriously, if you want to give money, the best places to give it right now are…"

"PLUS, ONE CAN ALWAYS DONATE TO "THINK ATHEIST" WEBSITE, as well!!!!!!!!
Does Think Atheist have like, lil cards we can send, that read,
"Joseph Douglas has donated $____ in your name to Think Atheist website. …"

"GREAT IDEA!!!
I keep telling everyone, whatever angle of xmas (let's keep the X in Xmas) you want to talk about, we've got a thred for that!! ha ha! i mean, HO HO!!
Here is one thread, of the THREE PAGES OF THREADS
in…"

I have a few extended family members that I rarely ever see, but would like to give some sort of gift. I was planning to make a donation to charity in their name, but I want to steer clear of Christian or really any religious based charities. Can you all suggest any for me please? Some of these relatives are religious, while others are Atheist. Thanks for the help!See More

"Tell your parrents you have already explaned what mythology is to your children and if they want to know more about bibles, messiahs, gods and religions they can find it in the mythology section in any library or on the internet."

"I have never had any luck with arguing the point with parents. Arguing and trying to prove a point can just intensify the situation. If your parents know you are an atheist, they (in my opinion) are trying to goad you into an argument in the hopes…"

"It's funny that you mentioned the bible verses. I kept getting emails about jesus and angels from my mom...so I finally replied with 3 pages of bible versus (both old testament and new) that promoted every type of discrimination against…"

"I would tell them If they don't want to hear your arguments against religion, then don't share their arguments for it. Tell them you would like the issue of religion to just be a no discussion topic when you and your children are around.…"

"oh yeah, great link, i am adding that one to the thread we have, "Where DID christmas come from?"
one of a few threads we have on the REAL history of christmas,
in the "I'm dreaming of an atheist christmas"…"